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He’s been laying low since the end of Showtime’s long-running drama “Weeds,” but Hunter Parrish has just been snapped on the set of his new project, joining Kristen Stewart and Julianne Moore in indie drama “Still Alice.” That’s him on set above, in case you forgot what Silas Botwin looked like. Moore plays the titular Alice in the film directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, a fifty year old happily married Harvard professor with three grown children who descends suddenly into early onset Alzheimer’s. “Fiercely independent, Alice struggles toRead More

Lisa Genova‘s “Still Alice” was a cracking book when it was first released. It tackled key themes and was a heartbreaking tale. Now, it looks like it’s making its way onto the big screen. The film seems to be picking up pace too. It’s been confirmed via Screen daily that Kristen Stewart has joined alongside Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth and Julianne Moore in the Memento Films production. Moore will play Alice, a fifty year old woman who discovers she has Alzheimer’s. Stewart will play Lydia, her youngest daughter, who hasRead More

Kristen Stewart soldiers up in the first photo released today for indie wartime drama “Camp X-Ray,” announced this morning to be having its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival next month. Stewart ditches the sparkly vampires and fairy tale critters for army fatigues to play Cole, a young soldier who joins the army in hopes of escaping her suffocating small town. But instead of a tour in Iraq, she’s sent to Guantanamo Bay, where she’s met with hatred and abuse from its detainees. Peter Sattler wrote and madeRead More

Sofia Coppola discovery Katie Chang, who led the director’s latest, “The Bling Ring,” has been cast in Tim Blake Nelson’s ensemble indie drama “Anesthesia,” according to THR. Sam Waterston, Corey Stoll, Gretchen Mol, Glenn Close, Michael K. Williams and Kristen Stewart round out the cast. Filming has been underway for the past couple of weeks in New York, with Waterston in the lead role of Walter Zarrow, a charismatic Columbia University professor whose violent mugging brings together an eclectic group of New Yorkers. Close plays his wife, while Stoll playsRead More

The ensemble cast for Tim Blake Nelson’s “Anesthesia” has been unveiled, with Deadline reporting that Corey Stoll is among the cast joining Kristen Stewart in the already-filming drama. Sam Waterston has the lead role of Walter Zarrow, a charismatic Columbia University professor whose violent mugging brings together an eclectic group of New Yorkers. Glenn Close will play his wife, while Stoll plays an investment banker who witnesses the attack. Gretchen Mol plays Stoll’s wife, while Stewart, who will only film for a few days, plays a troubled student of Zarrow’s.Read More

Kristen Stewart is currently filming a small role in Tim Blake Nelson’s ensemble piece “Anesthesia,” according to Deadline. Little else is known about the project, though it revolves around “a group of New Yorkers whose lives are touched by the same philosophy professor,” and it’s currently filming in New York. Stewart, forever associated with the “Twilight” saga, gave big budget blockbusters a shot with “Snow White and the Huntsman” but is returning to indies after her career-defining run with the YA vampire franchise wrapped, recently wrapping Guantanamo Bay drama “CampRead More

After two Sundance hits in “Like Crazy” and “Breathe In,” director Drake Doremus is now casting up his next feature, with Deadline reporting Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart are in his crosshairs for “Equals.” Not much is known about the plot, though we do know it’s a sci-fi love story. “My next movie is going to be a sci-fi, love story written by Nathan Parker, writer of ‘Moon.’ An incredible collaborator, we’ve been working together for almost a year now and hopefully we’ll be making the movie sooner than later,”Read More

The first images of Chloe Moretz and British singer/actor Johnny Flynn in Olivier Assaya’s “Sils Maria” have been released by Sudostschweiz and SRF, via The Playlist. The film marks the French director’s English language feature debut and also stars Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart. “Sils Maria” tells the story of Maria Enders (Binoche, also pictured in the new images), a middle aged actress who becomes obsessed with Jo-Ann Ellis (Moretz), a young starlet who is cast in the role that made her famous many years ago. Stewart plays Enders’ assistant,Read More

Fast-rising Australian actress Margot Robbie has landed the coveted female lead role in grifter romantic comedy “Focus” opposite Will Smith, according to Variety. The “Pan Am” star reportedly beat out a slew of young actresses, including fellow newcomers like Olivia Munn and more established stars like Jessica Biel, Rose Byrne and even twothree-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams, who all tested opposite Smith for the role. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa will direct their script, which is set in the world of cons and tells the story of a veteran grifterRead More

From “Army Wives” to Guantanamo Bay: The Wrap reports Lifetime series star Joseph Julian Soria has joined Kristen Stewart in Peter Sattler’s directorial debut “Camp X-Ray.” “Camp X-Ray” will see Stewart as Cole, a young soldier who joins the army in hopes of escaping her suffocating small town. But instead of a tour in Iraq, she’s sent to Guantanamo Bay, where she’s met with hatred and abuse from its detainees. Sattler wrote and will make his feature directorial debut on the project, which will chronicle Stewart’s character’s growing friendship withRead More

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